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Is corporate crime judged by different standards than individual crime? I doubt there's a simple answer. A look at the local newspaper shows page after page devoted to violent, person-to-person crime. An entire daily section devoted to business carries only the occasional "white collar" crime story. Those typical TV news "consumer" segments usually show a reporter picking on some hapless used-car dealer or telemarketing scammer. How often have you seen a consumer reporter attack General Motors? Speaking of that great car company, a decision by GM can affect more than 1.5 million people worldwide. It's hard for an individual criminal to have that much influence.
Ralph Estes quotes Woodrow Wilson in this book: "Most men are servants of corporations." And there's the rub. It's people who do the corporation's dirty work when it needs to be done. You and I. Accountability is not so fun to read about or ponder, but its absence can do a lot of damage. That's what makes this an important book. It shows individuals how to do our part in advancing corporate accountability. What corporations do can come back to haunt us. It's in everyone's interest to make them do right.
Michael Pellecchia writes about business and finance books each month. He can be reached at michael_pellecchia@bookpage.com.
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